Memphis Animal Shelter

Senior Animal Care Technician/Acting Shelter Supervisor Tracy Dunlap makes his daily rounds Wednesday afternoon. He evaluates the dogs to ascertain if they are fit for adoption at the City of Memphis Animal Services.

Senior Animal Care Technician/Acting Shelter Supervisor Tracy Dunlap makes his daily rounds Wednesday afternoon. He evaluates the dogs to ascertain if they are fit for adoption. This pair looks at Dunlap as he makes his evaluations at City of Memphis Animal Services.

Detective Dennis Akins, left, of the Animal Cruelty Enforcement Response Team talks with Janet Hooks, Director of the Division of Public Services and Neighborhoods about improvements at the shelter Wednesday at the City of Memphis Animal Services.

Temporary operations manager of the City of Memphis Animal Services Darrell Eldred is keeping a list of things he wants done immediately at the City of Memphis Animal Services.

Senior Animal Care Technician/Acting Shelter Supervisor Tracy Dunlap makes his daily rounds Wednesday afternoon. He evaluates the dogs to ascertain if they are fit for adoption at the City of Memphis Animal Services.

Bev Miller, center, of Olive Branch joins over one hundred concerned citizens who held a candlelight vigil outside the Memphis Animal Shelter Thursday evening November 4, 2009. Vigil participants lined Tchulahoma and chanted for the removal and prosecution of city animal services administrator Ernest Alexander and his shelter employees.

Volunteers from all over the country, like these two ASPCA members, flew in to help evaluate the animals at the City of Memphis Animal Services shelter on Tchulahoma Rd. The Sheriffs Department took control of the shelter Tuesday after an investigation revealed that many of the animals were improperly cared for or neglected.

The Memphis Animal Services shelter located at 3456 Tchulahoma is back open for business Thursday after being closed down Tuesday by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office as they investigated charges of animal abuse and cruelty. at left, Shamaron Moore, 29, of Cordova, plays with a year old Shih Tzu she is thinking of adopting Thursday October 9, 2009. At right volunteers Jeanne Chancellor and Anne Hill groom a cocker spaniel.

A stray dog waits to be unloaded from an animal control truck at the City of Memphis Animal Services shelter on Tchulahoma Rd. The Sheriff's Department took control of the shelter Tuesday after an investigation revealed that many of the animals were improperly cared for or neglected.

Jim Layman picks up his new puppy, Tucker, Tuesday morning at the City of Memphis Animal Services shelter on Tchulahoma Rd. The Sheriff's Department took control of the shelter Tuesday after an investigation revealed that many of the animals were improperly cared for or neglected.

The Sheriff's Department took control of City of Memphis Animal Services shelter on Tchulahoma Rd bringing in volunteers from all over the country to help evaluate the care of the animals after an investigation revealed that many of the animals were improperly cared for or neglected.

Puppy No. 199287 was admitted to the City of Memphis Animal Shelter Aug. 18. This later photo, included in a search warrant executed by deputies at the shelter, shows the same puppy in an emaciated condition. A necropsy on puppy no. 199287 after the dog died Sept. 4 indicated it hadn't eaten in at least 72 hours. This picture was taken shortly before the dog died.

Puppy No. 199287 was admitted to the City of Memphis Animal Shelter Aug. 18.